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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Fulham 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]

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Table: TABLE 39Showing sources of New Cases

TABLE 39

Showing sources of New Cases

219 were recommended by private doctors.
45 „ „ „the Medical Officer of Health.
2 „ „ „the School Medical Authorities.
4 „ „ „the School Authorities.
129 „ „ „Hospitals and Sanatoria.
27 „ „ „other Dispensaries.
93 „ „ „the Dispensary Staff.
3 „ „ „the London County Council.
12 „ „ „Friends
16 „ „ „the Doorplate.
1 was „ „the Relieving Officer.
1 „ „ „Bishop Creighton House.
552

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During November it was necessary to fumigate a room in a modern block of flats. The room,
which had nine-inch brick walls on three sides, a breeze block partition on the fourth, solid floors above
and below, no permanent ventilation or flue and a steel-framed double hung sash-window, was subjected
to sulphur fumigation at 10.30 a.m. The occupant reported a strong concentration of sulphur
dioxide in the room adjoining at 6 p.m., although the room under fumigation was theoretically gas
tight.
After investigation, it was found that the gas had escaped into the other room by two means:—
(a) Via the small space surrounding the service pipes and the wastes, and (b) by diffusing through
the nine-inch brick wall below the skirting board where the plastering had finished short of the
floor.
The capacity of the room was 1,768 cubic feet and the resultant concentration of gas after
burning 3 lbs. of sulphur was 1.91 per cent.

Table: TABLE 40

TABLE 40

New Cases.Pulmonary Tuberculosis.Other Forms.Suspects.Non-Tubercular.Percentage Tubercular.
267 Males827317533.33
285 Females7011120328.42
552 Both Sexes15218437830.61

Table: TABLE 41Sex and Age of the New Patients for 1937

TABLE 41

Sex and Age of the New Patients for 1937

Under 5 years.5 to 10 years.10 to 15 years.15 to 25 years.25 to 35 years.35 to 45 years.45 years and over.All ages.
Males30361437512970267
Females15381672763038285
Both Sexes45743010912759108552